Intel's Razor Lake desktop processors, the generation following Nova Lake-S, are currently slated for 2028 according to leaker Jaykihn. When asked if Razor Lake-S was planned for 2027, Jaykihn replied "not currently," then confirmed Razor Lake is a 2028 product. A leaked partner slide placed the first Nova Lake-S SKUs in Q1 2027 and indicated Intel plans to keep LGA-1954 for multiple generations, so Razor Lake-S should drop into the same boards roughly a year later.
Razor Lake will use new Griffin Cove P-cores, which Jaykihn previously called "an entire tock" rather than a refinement. The same core will reportedly also power Intel's next-generation Coral Rapids Xeon processors, though simultaneous multithreading (SMT) stays exclusive to Xeon. Jaykihn says the client and server versions are separate architectures built around a similar core, comparing it to how Coyote Cove relates to Panther Cove.
Earlier leaks point to Intel using TSMC's N2X node for some Razor Lake production, and the 12 Xe3P core iGPU SKU originally meant for Nova Lake-S was reportedly pushed to Razor Lake. If the plan holds, Nova Lake-S buyers would get a proper CPU upgrade path without swapping motherboards, a welcome change after Intel went through three sockets in the last five years. Timelines this far out can move, and Intel hasn't confirmed any of this, so 2028 remains a target for now.
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